tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22522723.post1094969836838568841..comments2021-11-27T06:50:57.627-08:00Comments on Fantasy and Dreams: Remembering 9/11Sarah J. McNealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22522723.post-7818701732733519422010-09-12T18:25:21.075-07:002010-09-12T18:25:21.075-07:00I fly my flag everyday, because I'm proud to l...I fly my flag everyday, because I'm proud to live in the grand experiment, a country that accepts all people, all races, all faiths (including no faith), and we all live in sometimes acrimonious harmony. You do as you want in your yard, raise your kids your way, and I'll have your back for you, and defend your right to be there. But your freedom ends when you come into my yard and try to tell me how to live. As long as we can all agree on that, my flag will be out there, everyday.Fiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22522723.post-69385785969949993412010-09-11T15:53:15.086-07:002010-09-11T15:53:15.086-07:00Sarah, I don't know if you're a big countr...Sarah, I don't know if you're a big country and western fan or not, but even if you aren't, Alan Jackson wrote a song called "Where Were You When the Earth Stopped Turning?" that is about 9/11 and just makes me cry every time I hear it. I do not know HOW that man went on stage and performed that song without just breaking down and bawling. Give it a listen if you've not heard it. <br /><br /><br />My son Casey, was the one who told me about it as I was getting ready to take him to school. We were late and I didn't understand what he was talking about, but on the way home after I dropped him off, I turned on the radio and heard it. When I got home I called Gary at work (he worked for the FAA academy here in Oklahoma City at the time) and I had turned on the tv. They did not have any tv or any way of knowing about it, so he was telling everyone what I was saying as I heard it on the news. I had it turned on watching when the 2nd plane hit. At that point, someone came in and told them what was going on, and that's when chaos broke loose here, too. After the Murrah Building was bombed here in 1995, they highly suspected that whoever was flying the planes into the towers might be headed for here too, since we have a huge AFB right outside of OK City and the only training center for FAA employees is located here, too. Everyone was going to the schools to pick up their kids, as did I--we just didn't know what might happen next.<br /><br />Even if I don't get my flag out any other day of the year, I get it out on 9/11. We will never, ever forget.<br /><br />CherylCheryl Piersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18116526340220274282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22522723.post-81194510478496006572010-09-11T15:06:37.096-07:002010-09-11T15:06:37.096-07:00I had arrived at work very early that day, so I wa...I had arrived at work very early that day, so I was the first on the floor and the tragedy hadn't happened as yet. An hour later, when one of my co-workers came in and told me a plane had hit the twin towers, I thought she was kidding. Then I read the reports on the internet and watched the second plane hit.<br /><br />It was surreal and so damn sad.<br /><br />May all the poor souls who lost their lives that day rest in peace.Tina Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07160021732404091277noreply@blogger.com